KRUSING AMERICA wins 3 more Awards: BEST OVERALL, BEST DOC, BEST Series at Florida Movie Festival Daytona!

KRUSING AMERICA creator Linda Kruse accepting 3 Awards from Florida Movie Festival from
Host Nelson Rodriquez and Co-Directors: Tom Swartz & Brian Cline.  (Top Left).
Linda Kruse with Consulting Producer Joel Feltman (bottom center).

Last weekend at the Florida Movie Festival in Daytona Beach, Linda Kruse accepted 3 more awards for her multi-award winning docu-series KRUSING AMERICA. Awards included Best Documentary, Best Series and Best Overall bringing the total to 54 awards for KRUSING AMERICA in just 10 months.

"I am in constant awe of my little family docu-series. KRUSING AMERICA was a personal project and I am simply blown away by how well it has been received all over the world. It's inspiring that a feel-good series could have such a world-wide appeal. But I could not have done it without the help of my wonderful crew, my family and all the people that have rewarded those efforts at festivals like the Florida Movie Festival. Thank you again Brian, Tom and Nelson." 

Linda Kruse

KRUSING AMERICA 

Creator / Producer / Director

This year the Florida Movie Festival received movies from 34 countries around the world and 26 different states in the US. The festival took place in Daytona Beach at the historic Cinematique Theatre.

For the complete list of winners visit:

www.floridamoviefestival.com

KRUSING AMERICA Documentary & Web / TV FINALIST & Screening Daytona Beach FLORIDA MOVIE FESTIVAL!

KRUSING AMERICA SCREENING 

at  Cinematique Theatre

Sunday March 20, 2016
1:55-2:05 Intro Director, Linda Kruse
2:05 KRUSING AMERICA (24min)
*Finalist Documentary & Finalist Web/TV
2:30-2:40 Q/A with Linda Kruse

"Our judges have reviewed your work and are pleased to name your movie as an Official Nomination in 2 categories."
 – Brian Cline, Festival Director

FREE SCREENINGS:

Daytona Beach Regional Library

105 E. Magnolia Ave. Daytona, FL 

Saturday The 19th ~ 1:00 – 5:00pm

Sunday The 20th ~ 1:00 – 5:00pm

Main Location: 

Cinematique Theater

242 S. Beach Street Daytona, FL 32114

March 18th ~ 5:30pm – 10:30pm

March 19th ~ 1:30pm – 4:30pm

March 20th ~ 1:00pm – 6:00pm 

Additional Screenings & Workshops:

The Mayan Inn

103 S. Ocean Ave. Daytona, FL 32118

Friday the 18th 11:00am – 4:00pm Workshops

                           6:00pm – 10:00pm Movies

Sat. the 19th     11:00am – 1:00pm Workshops

                           6:00pm – 10:00pm Movies

Prices of Admission:

Regular: $10 For One Day

                $25 For All Three

Student w/ID: $5 One Day

               $12 All Three + One Guest

For more information visit:
www.cinematique.org/special-screenings/

KRUSING AMERICA Official Selection & Screening at FLORIDA MOVIE FESTIVAL Daytona Beach, FL March 2016!

Dear Linda Kruse

Our judges have reviewed your work and are pleased to name KRUSING AMERICA as an official selection.

This year we had over 135 movies submitted from 34 countries around the world and 26 different states in the US. Our festival will take place in Daytona Beach this year at the historic Cinematique Theatre.

Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
Hope to see you in Daytona Beach!

"Movies with passion" was our theme last year. Wow did you hit this on the mark. We grew from 8 countries to over 50 countries with many passionate topics.

One of our newer and very rewarding genre is Women. After attending a workshop on film for women, FMF heard their message. One of those messages: only 7% of women filmmakers are on the big screen. We want to help change that one independent film at a time. You are off to a great start, keep up the fabulous work. Last year with "NEW" genres in Women Directed/Produced and Documentaries reached beyond our expectations.

This year there will be only some small tweaking, but we are pleased to announce that we are including a category on "ADVENTURE - OUTDOORS". Please make this as successful as last year's Women and Documentaries.

FMF will not change it's core principles in expanding, but FMF wants to provide an expansion of topics at this venue for our filmmakers and viewers to take a journey of - learning, relating, laughing, and many other emotions while keeping a thread of moral fabric!"

Sincerely,
Brian Cline
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Tom Swartz
CO-FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

KRUSING AMERICA Official Selection Canada International Film Festival in Vancouver April 2016

Congratulations! Linda Kruse:

KRUSING AMERICA has been chosen as an Official Selection for the 2016 Canada International Film Festival.

We’re looking forward to meeting you in Vancouver!

Canada International Film Festival

For more information visit:
https://canadafilmfestival.com/


April 8th - 9th, 2016
Come celebrate and share your passion for independent film. The Canada International Film Festival has firmly established itself among the top film festivals in Canada. Held each year in the beautiful and cosmopolitan city of Vancouver, British Columbia, the festival brings the very best of world cinema to Canada from over 90 countries around the world. The Canada International Film Festival is held each year at the beautiful Edgewater Casino in downtown Vancouver. This year's Festival Program will showcase a wide variety of North American and International Feature Films to thought-provoking Shorts, Documentaries, Music Videos, Animations, Experimental Films, Student Films, a Screenplay Competition, and more.

Special Events 
The festival is dedicated to the creation of opportunities for the artistic interaction and exchange among independent filmmakers and the film-going community. Festival-goers create their own experience with everything from Canadian and World Premiers to intimate gatherings and nightly parties. Each year the festival opens with a filmmaker reception allowing the creators of these wonderful films to interact with each other and the festival-going audiences. The festival culminates with the Closing Awards Ceremony honoring the important work of some of today's brightest and most creative artists.

Awards 

Each year, awards are presented in all of the main categories for the top films and filmmakers, writers and actors. The highly coveted Grand Jury Award will be presented to the best film in competition selected from among all the films in the Festival.

Honor International Women's Day with Films by Women!

"Daughters of the Dust" the first feature film by an African American woman director
to receive a theatrical release in the US.

Happy International Women's Day from director, Linda Kruse of KRUSING AMERICA and The Women in Hollywood team. In honor of the occasion, the Women in Hollywood team has highlighted some of their favorite movies by and about women. They've compiled a wide-ranging list of recommendations featuring influential films from various genres and decades and I wanted to share with you. Whether you're seeking a doc, biopic or drama, they've got you covered. Read more below…

"Daughters of the Dust" - Written and Directed by Julie Dash

"Daughters of the Dust" is the first feature film from by an African American woman director to receive a theatrical release in the United States. The 1991 film follows three generations of Gullah women, a community of descendants of slaves in South Carolina, isolated unto themselves in a way of life uniquely made up of West African and American traditions. The dramatic costumes and landscapes elucidate this family of women as they work through conflicts with each other and themselves while maintaining connections to the past. Nana (Cora Lee Day) is the matriarch of the family and the heart of its connection to tradition and the beliefs of the ancestors who came before them, but Haagar (Kaycee Moore), Yellow Mary (Barbara O), Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce) and Eula (Alva Rogers) each must navigate issues that propel them into the future, such as angst, sexuality, religion and unplanned pregnancy. "Daughters of the Dust" was added to the The Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2004.

See more the entire list by and about women at:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood